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Detecting weaknesses of malaria parasites
Medicine - Health

Detecting weaknesses of malaria parasites

Scientists working at the University of California, San Francisco, USA, have found an important weakness in the cellular structure of the malaria Plasmodium falciparum p…

December 14, 2018
African people no longer exempt from malaria
Medicine - Health

African people no longer exempt from malaria

The international team of scientists has found that Africans no longer have the ability to immunity Plasmodium vivax malaria infection as before.

December 14, 2018
New way to fight malaria
Medicine - Health

New way to fight malaria

Australian scientists have identified eight types of genes involved in the development of malaria parasites in human red blood cells. This opens a new direction in fight…

December 14, 2018